Catamenial sack or napkin holder



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ANNA BRAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY 'MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO TH-TEX PRODUCTS CORPORATION, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. i

CATAMENIAL SACK OR NAPKIN HOLDER.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be, it known t-hat I, ANNA BRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Catamenial Sacks or Napkin Holders for Women, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to an improvement in catamenial sacks or napkin holders for women.

The principal objectof this invention is to provide a simple, reliable,` light .and unbreakable catamenial sack, so that it can be applied by wearer at any time on short notice.

Another object of this invention is to provide a sack for napkin wearer, which whilel made out of elastic material is re-inforced by a cord of non-elastic material which controls the elasticity and prevents the said sack from stretching tothe breaking point.

Another object of this invention is to provide a eatamenial sack or napkin holder miwhich can be conveniently folded and carried in any ordinary pocket or'pocket book.

Another object of this invention is to pro-- vide a catamenial sack or napkin holder which can be easily attached to any ordinary belt.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective viewvof the catamenial sack forming the subject of my invention. v

Figure 2 is a plan view partly broken away and showing in dotted lines the sack stretched.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, numeral 1 designates the body of the sack made out of pure rubber sheetingynumeral 2 Shows the non-elastic pieces of fabric or material attached to both ends of the'sack by stitching or vulcanizing; numeral 3 shows the opposed side portions of sack 4turned inwardly,

to overlie the body portion of the sack and ocket for the absorbent pad; numeral-4 esi ates two-loops or holders for retaining said absorbent pad, made also of elastic material so as to stretch simultaneously with the stretching of the sack, to the extent of two inches on each side at the same time, thus giving the sack a stretching capacity of four inches over its original size; numeral 5 designates a tubular seam stitched throughout the edges of the inwardly turned opposite side portions of.

the comforts through its fiexibility, will be much more durable than any other sack, and practically unbreakable, in so far as loop 4, being made out of elastic material and stretching simultaneously with the sack, While allowing an expansion of two inches on each side at the same time, bringing the total length to 8 inchesthe cord 6, being made of non-elastic material, will control.

and restrain such expansion, preventing it from stretching to a breaking point. In other words, in my sack, the stretching capacity is limited to2 inches on each side at the same time or toa total stretching capacity of 4 inches, "by means whereof the wearer is prevented from tearing the sack and'l is aifordedthe greatest freedom off movement without any danger of ripping or tearing it; in order to accomplish this end, in my sack the stretching capacity is limited to exactly two inches on each side.

I claim:

A catamenial sack comprising a strip of rubber sheeting having at each end a tab of non-elastic fabric, the opposed side portions of said strip being turned inwardly to provide a pocket for an absorbent pad, and having a tubular seam along the edges of vsaid inwardly turned opposed side portions,

and a serpentine or springlikev cord of nonelastic material located in sald seamv and fastened at both ends thereof for the purt pose of controlling the elasticity of said sack and restraining its stretching capacity frame, reaching a breaking P0111t NNA BRAND. 

